Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez admits international week is "a nightmare".

He said: "Is it a nightmare? Yes it is a bit. In the last international break we were top of the league, now we are saying maybe the break is good for us.

"But we cannot train with the players, we cannot control what they are doing, we just have to cross our fingers and wait.

"It's difficult when you have a lot of players away. You cannot control them, then you have important games and maybe you will have problems.

"We cannot do much. The players left behind trained with the reserves and they played head-tennis."